Shloka 38
ऋषिसमागमः — युधिष्ठिरस्य शोकवर्णनम्
Sage Assembly and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Articulation of Grief
पूर्वजं भ्रातरं कर्ण पृथाया वचनात् प्रभो | तेन मे दूयते तीव्र हृदयं भ्रातृघातिन:
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | pūrvajaṃ bhrātaraṃ karṇa pṛthāyā vacanāt prabho | tena me dūyate tīvraṃ hṛdayaṃ bhrātṛghātinaḥ, dvijaśreṣṭha ||
尤狄施提罗说道：“噢主宰，噢最胜婆罗门——我唯从普利塔（昆蒂）之言方知迦尔纳乃我长兄。为此我心如火灼，痛苦难当：我竟成了弑兄之人。”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the ethical shock that arises when hidden kinship is revealed after irreversible action. Yudhiṣṭhira’s anguish shows how dharma is not only about outward duty in war but also about inner accountability, remorse, and the tragic consequences of ignorance and secrecy.
After the war, Yudhiṣṭhira learns from Kuntī that Karṇa—killed in battle by Arjuna—was actually their eldest brother. He laments that he has effectively caused the death of his own brother and confesses intense inner pain to the Brahmin sage he is addressing.